diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index 8c2e5ab51f08..faf094abef7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -1465,6 +1465,12 @@ static struct aggregator *ad_agg_selection_test(struct aggregator *best,
 	return best;
 }
 
+static int agg_device_up(const struct aggregator *agg)
+{
+	return (netif_running(agg->slave->dev) &&
+		netif_carrier_ok(agg->slave->dev));
+}
+
 /**
  * ad_agg_selection_logic - select an aggregation group for a team
  * @aggregator: the aggregator we're looking at
@@ -1496,14 +1502,13 @@ static void ad_agg_selection_logic(struct aggregator *agg)
 	struct port *port;
 
 	origin = agg;
-
 	active = __get_active_agg(agg);
-	best = active;
+	best = (active && agg_device_up(active)) ? active : NULL;
 
 	do {
 		agg->is_active = 0;
 
-		if (agg->num_of_ports)
+		if (agg->num_of_ports && agg_device_up(agg))
 			best = ad_agg_selection_test(best, agg);
 
 	} while ((agg = __get_next_agg(agg)));